Dark Spectrum

(Warning: Has even more gory content, possibly much worse than chapter 4. Turn back now if you want to live! Just kidding, enjoy, but readers discretion is advised. Mleh, warnings)

We stand upon a cliff, hanging out the side of a mountain. It is rigid and sharp, causing spikes formed in the small cliff to stab our hooves. But we stay still, gazing off into the distance. Ahead of us is a beautiful landscape, with luscious trees and peaceful pastures. However, that is not what we gaze upon. We look closer, at the nearby city. It is built into the side of the mountain, and harbors a grand castle. This is Canterlot, the capital of Equestria, and home to Celestia. We can’t wait to watch it crumble at our hooves. It is surrounded by a force field, made out of light magic. It seems to be the work of many strong unicorns, but alas, it shall not hold forever. There is one clear way into the city, and that is by the train tracks below. I can see that guarding the tracks at the edge of the city are two guards, both unicorns.

“It is time” we say.

He allows me to strike, finally. I use my configuration magic to form wings out of my back, based off the design of Puff’s. As they burst out of my back, my blood spills out, soaking my coat. It feels great, the sensation of blood falling upon us, even if it is our own. I start to beat our wings, and lift off the cliff. The cliff lets go of our hooves, and as I lift, blood flows from my hooves to the cliff. It soon stops, but leaves a stain on the rock. We ignore it, and head to the tracks. We land on the tracks far enough so that the guards don’t notice us. After carefully landing, we retract our wings, and start our walk to the tracks.

“Are you ready for this, my host? Yes, I do believe I am. Good. We shall make them all burn for what they did to you, for what they did to me, for what they did to the world. The world is out of balance, and we must restore it. Yes. Spare nobody. Make the world at balance. Bring the darkness to the light, so that this world might be saved.” we say, as we continue our march down the tracks.

We finally reach the edge of the city, in which the two unicorns in guard armor are guarding. They stare straight forward, free of distraction. They stand in front of the purple force field, which I will have to rid of. As I come closer, they spot me. They point their horns towards me, and prepare to attack.

“Who are you, and what your business here” one of the guards asks, threateningly. We continue walking, ignoring his question. “Tell us who you are, or we will fire.” We stop, and stare at them.

“We are here to restore balance.” The guards flinch at his voice, as they are not used to his demonic voice, which sounds quiet and serpentine. “You are impeding our quest, and thus, you will pay!”

Through me, his dark energy flows, and strikes my horn, allowing me to tap into his power. I use his power to use conjuration. At first, the guards look confused, and change confused glances, as nothing happens. Little do they know that my magic has taken effect, as a small thread of our body has grown into the ground, and rushes to them, unseen. It splits between them, and rests where they stand, waiting for our command.

“S-stop what you are doing, and lay on the ground.” one of the guards say.

I act. From where they stand, the dark tendrils grab them. They wrap around them, engulfing them in darkness. I pull back the tendrils so we can see their faces. He wants to see their faces, as they realize what is going on. I walk up to them, as they squirm around, trying to break free. I look at the one on the right, and move my hoof down the side of his face, feeling as his body stiffens and he gets nervous. I step back to look at them both.

“Experience true bliss, you bastards.” we say.

We make the tendrils slowly close in, crushing the guard’s bodies. They squirm more and scream in pain. We open holes in the tendrils, so we may see the skin crack. In these holes, blood bursts out, as they tendrils close in. It crushes more and more, and the screams get louder, until they burst. From the spaces I opened in-between the tendrils, blood bursts out, covering us and anything around in blood. We retract the tendrils, to see our work. The guards lie on the ground, their coats soaked in blood. They have holes in their body, which their blood flows out of, and their organs and bones pop out of. Their faces are in pure shock, the last thing they ever felt. Their faces also are bloody, as blood came out of their mouth and nose, due to tremendous pressure. Not our best work, but still good.

We walk up to the force field, and look inside. The track extends from there, heading to a station. We prepare ourselves, getting ready to unleash energy. We lay our horn against the force field, and breathe deeply. When we are calm, we jab our horn through, and release dark magic. It is a little painful, but his energy makes it much more bearable. I watch as the force field turns black, being corrupted by us. Inside, I can only imagine the confusion as the citizens of this town see their defenses melt away. Once fully corrupted, I cause the field to disappear, allowing the way to be clear. We continue our march.

The station appears empty, as nothing moves. This is a curious sight; one would expect that they would be waiting for me here. I continue walking, to leave the station, as a sharp pain climbs up my back. I look behind me, to see a large pointed rock is stuck in my back. From it, blood seeps down my sides, hitting the ground. We push it out of us using our magic, and look around. Behind use are 20 royal guards, which were hiding behind a docked train. We turn around again as 20 more guards reveal themselves from their hiding places inside the station. They are a mixture of unicorn and Pegasus, and interesting development. Until now, I have only faced unicorns. This will be interesting.

“Attack now!” one of the guards say.

They all rush at us, thinking they have the jump on us. We prove them wrong. Around me, we form a force field, which they all collide with. The field shocks them, and causes them to plummet to the ground, weak and dazed. We use conjuration, a favored skill at this time, to cause tendrils to burst out of my back. The guards look at this, and fear strikes them. The tendrils tips turn sharp, creating 40 weapons for us to use. We lunge the tendrils to our enemies, and it pierces them. Pain engulfs them, followed by death. The tendrils pierce their fragile bodies, causing major damage on most of their organs, resulting in death. We retract the tendrils, now soaked with blood, into our body. The blood feels so good as it touches us, the reward for our hard work.

We proceed out of the station, and into the streets of Canterlot. WE see many ponies, who flee at the sight of our blood soaked mane and coat.

“I am ready, unleash it. It will be done.”

The dark energy rushes into me, and is let outwards in a large blast, into the sky. It explodes, raining down flames of pure darkness into the streets. The flames engulf buildings, leaving nobody safe from their terrible power. We watch as buildings crumble, as ponies burn before us, and as the light is replaced with darkness. Soon, balance will be restored. For now, we wait for her, as we regain our power.

Even though we try not to, our mind wanders to the outside world. I notice, and feel good, as I see a pony run past me, black flames consuming him. His coat is being charred and roasted, his mane and tail burning off, and his organs melting. A truly wonderful sight. We also notice another sight, a family, a mom, dad, and child, running out of a burning building. He wanted me to, and thus, as they run out of the building, I make the supports fall, crushing all but the child, who runs away. We eventually remember that we can’t focus on the destruction, no matter how tempting, and focus our energy for the upcoming battle.

We wait, and wait, and wait. We expected her to arrive sooner, speaking that her sister’s city is on fire. However, this does give us time to get our power to its full potential, so we cannot complain. We waited, staring up into the sky as the world around us burned, until the wait finally ended. From the sky, a blue alicorn came from the sky, and landed across the street. We prepare, our body stiffens, our attention focuses, and our mind clears up. From the smoke that has engulfed the street, she finally emerges. Luna, princess of the night, and Celestia’s sister. The last thing in our way. She slowly approaches us, and we notice she is quivering. She must know about what we did to her sister.

“My sister… She… You will not get away with this” she says, with a hint of fear in her voice.

“You are not like your sister, you did not try to… Shut it! You, just as your sister, must perish!”

“That voice! Do you know what is going on!? You are being used!” she says, shocked.

“I know very well who he is, and he is my friend. Surrender now, and we will not have to fight you.” I say to her.

“The last thing my sister told me to do was defend Canterlot, and I have not failed yet. Come at me, you fiend.” Luna says, determined to defeat us.

“This is going to be fun.”

She flies up into the air, and charges her magic. We do the same, if only to make the battle more fair. We all unleash our energy, and they collide. For once in a very long time, dark energy fights dark energy, in a battle that is impossible to win. It is only a distraction. We quickly release our energy, and move out of the way, trying to dodge the attack. We fail, and we are flung into a burning building. As we hit the building, we hear a sound. We look up, and see a balcony, crumbling under it’s failing supports. It gets loose from its mornings, and falls to the ground. We nearly are hit by it, but we were able to dodge the balcony.

We look around, unable to find where she has went. We soon notice that the fire has stopped. We are at first astonished, and wonder how she could have done such a feat, but then we remember we are facing somebody with god-like powers, who is also not afraid to use dark magic. We walk forward, being cautious and wary. This does not help us, as we are hit by the back, and trampled onto the ground. On top of us, holding us down, is Luna, who looks especially angry. She must have seen the damage we have caused, and entered a state of rage. This makes it much easier for us. She charges up her horn, and prepares to end us, but we stop her. We touch our horn to her head, and use our energy to corrupt her mind.

“You have been infected by us. A plague is going through your skin, which will soon consume your mind. If you do not get rid of your skin, you will soon die. You must peel away your skin.” we say.

I pull away my horn from her head, and kick her off of me. She starts to sweat, and becomes frightened. She looks at her hooves, and freaks out. She looks at me.

“What have you done to me!” Luna screams.

Using her magic, she starts to pull the skin away from her legs. The screams in pain as she reveals her muscle, and blood seeps down from her exposed legs and forms a puddle on the ground. The skin peels away as an apple skin is peeled, and looks terribly agonizing. Despite the pain, she continues to peel her own skin away, oblivious of the fact that we have tempered with her mind. I walk up to her calmly, and as she screams, I grab her horn using magic, and snap it off of her head. She screams louder, and falls to the ground, in a puddle of her own blood.

We look up, and the moon and stars fade away, leaving only a black void, filling the world with complete darkness. It has been done, Celestia has lost everything. She has lost her powers, her land, and even her sister. We look around to marvel at our work. All around us are burnt down houses, broken objects, charred ponies, and the stench of death in the air. We have won this day, and have lived to bask in the glory that is vengeance.

“You have done well, Black Moon. Yes, you have helped me. But what do we do now? The world needs to be in balance, and now that they are out of the way, we can make balance. Take up the throne with me, and we will make sure this world does not fall into chaos. Yes, you are right. The only way to insure that the world is safe is to rule it. Fear not, our dreams, my families’ dream, will become a reality.” we say.

We walk to Canterlot Castle, leaving behind death and destruction. I’m not sure why, but I think he know it too, this isn’t over. However, he knows what exactly we are doing, and how to do it. He served my family well, so it is obvious that he will not betray me, no matter what happens.